Outdoor Pitstop
The story
Audio tour · Frans Hals Museum
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You're standing at the Frans Hals Museum on the Groot Heiligland in Haarlem. Look at the gateway and the building behind it. This was once the Oudemannenhuis, an almshouse for old men dating from 1609. Around a courtyard stood thirty little houses, each shared by two men. You had to be at least sixty, single, and an honest resident of Haarlem. You brought your own things: a bed, a chair with a cushion, a tin chamber pot, three blankets, six good shirts and six nightcaps. And at night the door was locked, at eight in summer and as early as seven in winter.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
